Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-21

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Gsoras. bntIline vish al surls Of draR-
e. and spsaElng hlmy oasnzfvs pazfi
ssns On al aans
Ths poopls Il ~ Uniled States. Win
shs exnsption az thess gfIfally blind
MaRwnmps. rsalizsd that Rrssidsnt
cleveland I'D given ~ TIE prstanss q
bezng . safsEmer uhen he s1spsndsd
TO Uniisa ssaasa Dirtrist AfasEneys-
q Democzas and q Rsrnhliosn- -bssauss
iAay had aaksn part IN . political cam
paizn. and imnnediately restossd
shs DsmooEat % cfzee. whils tie
mppsal Of she Kepubiioan. who's
sasnss was psseissly SIMILAR TO
thal Of the Eeinssa9sd Democrass
was sumzaEily dismissed. That was
aImsst year ago and almost every
day Of that rear has afforded instances
Of open disregard Of the reform pEinei-
PIES which the administration formsFly
pretended 10 rsspses. All realized this
but the Muguumps, and they sent on
wosshippine their idol and refusing 70
aooept tbs evidence Of their own senses
when they lold than that be wss but
thing Of clay. They lad staked their
regulations on the prediction that
Cleveland would Be 3 great Fsforner,
and great rsfoEmer they wers bound
thai he should Be IN spite Of anything
that be might say b. do 70 convince the
world 20 he contrary.
In visw Of this voluntary blindness
e is not strange 70 heaF the Mugvump
Chicago Nssns say plsintively:
Tbs d0ctrine that 10 the viciors be-
long the spoils and that ell offieea aFe
spoils. IL one with which the 10000. 900
voters In this country Who make PEesi-
dents have VERY little sympathy. That
Mr. Cleveland does n0t run his admin
istrasion on this old discarded political
dogma Is the reason Why 50 many de-
mand his denomination. 1t may not be
wise to re-eleot him, but IL Il IL pot.
some better and more eoRent reason
must b discovered and given 70 the
people.
Orfo hear the New York Times, the
Muawump Of the MuRwumps, exolaim
Eapsuro1sly;
Il 70 che scarce Of nc small encour-
aRement for the failure that the most
| faithful and able exponent Of the high
est political principles that We have had
| in the Presidents office since Lincoln
IL also the man whose political strength,
derived fFem his Official action and in
dependant Of such popularity 40 Gener-
81 Grant derived from bis eminent sef-
vice in var, is greatest. That shows be-
you'd question that the heart and con-
science Of the American. people are
sound, and that he who leans upon them
without reserve b safe.
Il isaot strange 10 hear these things,
but II Is extremely UNPLEASANT. The
idea Of Q journal Of the wide reputation
Of the Chicago Ne,cs asserting that q
President who has made q practically
clsan sweep Of the Republican office
holders and has replaced them with bis
own Supporters, making Democracy or
MngWumpeFy q universal requisite for
all Who receive appointments, does not
run bis administration on the political
dogma that 10 the victors belong the
spoiIs, is q severe reflection alike upen
the honesty OF its editors and the intel
lieence Of Its readers. That 9 journal
whose past is as bright as
that Of the New York Times
should speak Of q President who
retains such men a. Higgins In the pub-
lilo service in order that they may do his
disreputable political work, who excuses
and palIiates the open fraud ard terror.
ixation which made the recent Demo-
cratic primaries in Baltimore memor-
able, even In that rough cursed city,
Who keeps the notorious BsecheF in
Office in open disregard Of deceney snd
the public interest. and who has turned
bis back sqaaFely upon the pledges which
be made both before and after bis cleo
ton, as the most able and faithful ex.
ponent Of the highest political prinei-
pies that We have had In the Presidents
Office since Lincoln" Ia little less than
shocking. That the Times really believes
What It asserts, ID Is impossible ia
bslieve, II is not blind. Like its brother
MuQwumps in all parts Of the Onion, Il
deliberately closes Its eyes to all that ID
going on around il and then scolds be-
cause others see the rascality at which
10 will not look.
II ID bard 10 be Mugwump this year,
and perhaps the poor wrstches are more
10 be pitied than blamed. They hewsd
out their misshapen canoe in 1884, and
nov they must paddle Il over the poIili-
cal sea as best they can. Il was cruel
10 the President to desert bis apoloeists
90 openly, and TO give daily evidence Of
his oOntempt for the principles which
they profess to hold % dear, but 1t is
precisely what might have been expect.
cd from q mag Of the record and charae-
ter Of Grover Cleveland.